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Understanding for every nice top that's worn (10)

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I believe the answer is:

perception

'understanding' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'every nice top that's worn' is the wordplay.
'every' becomes 'per' ('per' means 'for each' or 'for every').
'that's worn' is an anagram indicator (worn can mean damaged).
'nice'+'top'='nicetop'
'nicetop' with letters rearranged gives 'ception'.
'per'+'ception'='PERCEPTION'

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for perception that I've seen is " View".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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